THE SANDWICH ISLAN'DS. 3^0 



reimoku to honour the Riirick witli iiis presence 

 the next day to dinner. The Albatross, com- 

 nianded by Europeans, and manned with natives, 

 left Woahoo to-day, to bring provisions to 

 Owhyee. 



The 30th of November. Kareimoku had accepted 

 my invitation, and came, towards noon, with his 

 wife, Mr. Young, and the principal noblemen (jer- 

 ries), among whom was the brother of the queen, 

 Kahumanna. Young brought his wife with him ; 

 she is nearly allied to Tamaahmaah. Kariemoku*s 

 seriousness, now that his distrust was removed, was 

 succeeded by the most friendly manners; he shook 

 me cordially by the hand, and exclaimed several 

 times, Aroha ! (God bless you.) My guests had 

 all dressed themselves in their best attire. I 

 scarcely recognized Kareimoku, who shone in the 

 dress of an English pilot, with polished boots, and 

 a cocked hat ; but all his things were so tight, that 

 he could scarcely move a limb, and the noon-day's 

 heat threatened to stifle him in his costume. Not 

 less proud, but equally distressed, the other jerries 

 moved in their European dresses ; and we saw here, 

 sailors, coxcombs, and Moravians, confusedly 

 mixed together. They were in the most painful 

 situation in their gala-dress, and put me in mind 

 of dressed-up monkies. In comparison with this 

 the dress of Tamaahmaah's ministers is preferable, 

 as it merely consisted of a frock. This mode has 

 arrived to such a pitch, that some article of Eu- 



